Themidwestcowboy
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Yes, audio piracy was widespread across the world in the 80s, but there are some people who like to pretend it's something new - a problem caused by the internet. I saw somebody on the internet compare Adele with MJ and said that because of piracy these days her sales were hampered. They dared to suggest that if she was alive in the 80s she'd have sold more than Thriller. They didn't believe that people were pirating music then. I'm guessing they were young and foolish and probably wouldn't even recognise an audio cassette.
What they fail to understand is that it wasen't just Thriller, the album itself, that made it the most selling album of all time. It was the whole package. The Man behind the music, The music videos, The dancing, The Moonwalk. Not to mention the racial barriers he broke down aswell.
All these factor played a big role into making Thriller the world's best selling album of all time. No offense to Adele but do they really think that some girl could just sit on a chair and sing songs and expect to have the world's greatest selling album of all time? Sorry but no.
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